Volume 7 Flashcards
1
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les amarres (f)
A
moorings
2
Q
un treuil
A
winch
3
Q
le chantre
A
eulogist
4
Q
le héraut
A
herald
harbinger
5
Q
un chambellan
A
chamberlain
6
Q
hallebarde
A
halberd
old fashioned weapon with spear and ax ends
7
Q
gazouiller
A
prattle
chirp
8
Q
la bravoure
A
courage
9
Q
le stuc
A
stucco
10
Q
un caisson
A
caisson (for under water)
ornate hollow sections of a ceiling
11
Q
une merveille
A
marvel
12
Q
alpestre (adj)
A
alpine
13
Q
le faste
A
splendour
pomp
14
Q
sibyllin
A
of obscure meaning
15
Q
foisonner
A
to abound
abonder
16
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la guigne
A
bad luck
17
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la rade
A
harbour
18
Q
louvoyer
A
to go against the wind
19
Q
clamer
A
to proclaim
20
Q
se fixer à
A
to settle in (a place)
21
Q
le gage
A
wage
salary
22
Q
le fafaru
A
Polynesian fermented fish
23
Q
un met
A
meet
gathering (usually for sport)
24
Q
découler qc
A
to result in st
lead to
25
sur tous les plans
at every level
26
l’usure
wearing down
| usury (to charge excessive interest)
27
un grain
seed
squall (meteorology)
28
accoster
to accost
to come alongside (boating)
29
un charançon
weevil
30
faisander
to hang (game)
31
la mélasse
molasses
| treacle
32
parachever
to complete
| put finishing touches to
33
saupoudrer
to sprinkle
34
un saupoudrage
sprinkling (lit and fig)
35
dorloter
to pamper
36
papoter
to chatter
37
estomper
to blur
38
Il a pris sur lui de faire
He took it on himself to do
39
une subvention
grant
| stipend
40
le dévouement
devotion
41
une vindicte
condemnation
42
statuer sur
to give a ruling on
43
les bienheureux (adj, nom m/f)
blessed
44
un étendard
flag
| standard
45
caser
to squeeze in
to put sb up (ie, to lodge sb)
to marry off
46
une coursive
passageway
47
la symbiose
symbiosis
48
rasoir (adj)
boring
49
élucubrer
to devise a theory or plan
50
pontifier
to pontificate
51
la paresse
laziness
52
le coprah
copra
| dried coconut meat
53
le restant de
the rest of
54
un sieur
sir
| mr.
55
un avorton
little runt
56
un lagon
lagoon
57
étale (adj)
slack
| calm
58
une lagune
lagoon
59
pourrir
to tot
| spoil
60
périmer
to make obsolete
| past dated
61
un/une saltimbanque
street performer
62
une ouaille
lamb
| flock (congregation)
63
un falé
polynesian thatched hut
64
importuner
to bother
| disturb
65
le platier
reef
66
surélever
to raise the height of
67
insurger
to rise up
revolt
se révolter
68
pétrir
to knead
malaxer
69
une mélopée
chant
70
un souffle au cœur
heart murmur
71
une fougère
fern
72
un banian
banyan (indian fig tree that spreads with arial roots)
73
une bêche
spade
74
effilocher
to shred
75
en tapon
rolled up in a ball
76
une emplette
purchase
achat
77
un liftier
elevator attendant
78
un armateur
shipowner
79
le subrécargue
merchant marine
80
dégoter
to find
uncover
dénicher
81
dada (adj and nom m)
passionate interest
passe-temps
marotte
82
un lorgnon
glasses without ear pieces
83
se goberger
to indulge oneself
84
fomenter
to foment
85
aux dépens de
at the expense of
86
porter des toasts
to make toasts
87
grabataire (adj)
bedridden
88
un dormeur
sleeping person
89
lanciner
le doute me lancine
to torment
nag
obsess
i’ve got a nagging doubt
